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tundra

noun

ˈtən-drə

Definition of tundra

as in prairie

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain

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Recent Examples of tundra Shortly before midnight, the crew beat out a fifty-acre fire that was smoldering delicately through lush green tundra. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The tundra here is broad and open, with little to interrupt the horizon. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Within the 558,000 acres are nine primary ecosystems ranging from alpine tundra to pinyon-juniper forest to shortgrass prairie. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026 Do not go lightly, but go joyfully because riding the tundra mountain wilderness may be your ultimate connection with the natural world—and your role in it as a legitimate hunter. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tundra

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Vintage finds, including an antique Swedish farm table, sit alongside custom bronze racks, while a swath of grass has been installed along the length of the shopfront window, nodding to the prairies of Wescoat Pound’s native Midwest.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
On the ground, bike riders and hikers pass prairie plants and native grasses laden with early fall seed — little blue stem, yellow prairie grass, goldenrod, whorled milkweed, purple cone flower, common milkweed, coreopsis and others.

— Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of prairie

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The landscape is dry and largely treeless, with canyons and volcanic monoliths periodically interrupting the otherwise unending steppe.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
In many of his shots, the big sky of Ukraine’s fields and steppe swallows the frame.

— Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of steppe

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The last person to see them alive Hundreds of miles from the snow and ice of the Himalaya, a modest house in the plains of India’s Punjab state holds memories of the last hours of Morup’s life.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
These arid plains dotted with date palms were once full of natural lakes and lush pastures on which local inhabitants roamed and grazed their livestock.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of plain

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Filmed on the Mongolian grasslands, the film portrays the chaos of the early days of the Covid pandemic.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
The varied vegetation captured in this false-color image includes grassland, savannas and mopane trees, which appear bright red.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of grassland

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The fires created open, savannah-like forests that were easier to travel through and supported diverse flora and fauna.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
While African savanna elephants are listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the southern African nation of Botswana has a large elephant population estimated at around 130,000, more than any other country.

— Sello Motseta, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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